The Director General of Health took stock of the health situation on Monday evening, in front of the cameras.
An exercise that he had repeated every evening during the first confinement, listing the number of hospitalizations and deaths on a daily basis.
551 people with Covid-19 disease have died in hospital in the past 24 hours, a record figure for the 2nd wave, bringing the total of deaths since the start of the epidemic to 40,987.
"The peak of the epidemic is in front of us, the 2nd wave is still progressing," warned Mr. Salomon, while observing "a slower progression" of it "wherever have been applied early braking measures in particular the curfew ”.
"It is encouraging and it encourages us to collectively continue our efforts," said the Director General of Health.
The record of deaths recorded in 24 hours in hospital during the first wave of the Covid-19 epidemic was crossed on April 6, with 613 deaths.
The director general of health also announced that 1,807,479 cases of Covid-19 had been recorded in total in France since the start of the epidemic.
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31,125 patients with Covid-19 were hospitalized in France, including 4,690 in intensive care units, or 163 more than the day before for the reactor.